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Rapido driver accepted a ride near Command Hospital in Chandigarh and was asked to make an extra stop to drop the passenger’s wife at the railway station.
The driver saw money credited to his account and forwarded it.
A Rapido driver from Chandigarh recently fell victim to a digital scam and lost Rs 4000. He accepted a ride near the Army Hospital and was asked to make an extra stop to drop the passenger’s wife at the railway station. The passenger claimed that he had paid Rs 4,200 but couldn’t use his UPI, so he asked the driver to send the money to another account. The driver saw the amount credited to his account and forwarded the money to a QR code shared on WhatsApp. Later, he found out that the Rs 4000 in his account was actually sent by a friend the day before, not the passenger. By the time the driver noticed, it was too late.
Taking to Reddit, the driver recalled, “I got a ride in the morning near CH(Army hospital). As I was close, I accepted it. The passenger called me and said that his wife was inside the hospital and needed to be dropped off at the railway station. And he is paying Rs 4,200. I can take my amount and repay it at her ID as it was not getting done from his account. Then he said he sent Rs 4000 and I checked my account, there was Rs 4000 received, but I didn’t check the date of receipt. He said his wife was inside and I should send money on QR, which he sent on WhatsApp and I did.”
“As I saw Rs 4009 received, I wasn’t worried, but he said he was sending more money to transfer, where I got doubt and disconnected. I was happy that I escaped until I saw the date of receipt of Rs 4000. It was my Friend who sent me Rs 4000 yesterday. I was scammed, being understanding, everything and being smart and educated. My earnings of 4-5 days vanished in a minute because of lil ignorance,” the Rapido driver added.
Reacting to the post, a user wrote, “The same happened with a Rapido driver, I know. The exact hospital and the exact story. He did go to the police station and the number was found to be from Rajasthan. But nothing much happened.”
An individual trying to help the driver shared a few simple steps he could follow. First, they suggested reporting the scam on the government’s cybercrime website and writing all the details clearly, including each money transfer. Then, the driver should speak to his bank and ask them to start a chargeback process. He also needs to give the bank a copy of the complaint he filed online. Once the online complaint is forwarded to the local police, he should go to the police station and ask them to register an FIR. After getting the FIR, he must give a copy to the bank. This can help the bank fight the case better and try to recover the money from the scammer’s bank.
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